DES MOINES, Neb. (AP) — Restaurants, salons, barber shops and gyms in Iowa will be allowed to reopen Friday under new health rules intended to slow the coronavirus.
Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that she's lifting an order that closed restaurants in 22 counties, including the largest metropolitan areas. She says she'll also allow fitness centers, salons, tattoo parlors, barber shops and massage therapists to resume business statewide.
The order came as Reynolds and the state’s medical director took steps to self-isolate after potential exposure to the virus at the White House last week. And deaths from the virus surged again on Wednesday, surpassing 300.
3 News Now This Morning Anchor Courtney Johns provided live updates via Twitter:
#BREAKING #CORONAVIRUS
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
IOWA SURPASSED 300 covid-19 deaths.
Here are the latest numbers in Iowa:
377 new cases
13,289 total cases
17 new deaths
306 total deaths
5,954 recovering
388 hospitalized
33 outbreaks at long-term care facilities pic.twitter.com/jIk9raFeii
Gov. Reynolds is expected to talk about opening up more of Iowa during a press conference at 11 today. We will stream this conference and have the latest on what changes may be coming at noon on @3NewsNowOmaha . https://t.co/l4I4Dv9ho0
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
#BREAKING #CORONAVIRUS
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
Restaurants, salons and other businesses will be able to open statewide with some restrictions in Iowa.
Fitness centers are also included in this list. https://t.co/Q8A53YkZqW
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
This will all start on Friday. https://t.co/l2pnJ2xduk
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
57 percent of the 306 people in Iowa who have died from the virus lived at long-term care facilities.
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
Gov. Reynolds says TestIowa validation is still being worked on. She hopes to have the system validated by tomorrow. #coronavirus
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
There is an additional covid-19 outbreak at Upper Iowa Beef in Lime Springs, IA.
— Courtney Johns (@CourtneyJohnsTV) May 13, 2020
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